Best Middle Schools in New York

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NY State Assessments test scores by the NY State Education Department. The most recent update was on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1504)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
360017005867	331	Achievement First Endeavor Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	510 Waverly Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	Achievement First Endeavor Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 622-5994	674	42	16		8 (1.2%)	571 (84.7%)	78 (11.6%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	$19,236			$3,308			$15,928	72.9	68.9	409	78
363036001207	332	Spry Middle School	Public	6-8	119 South Ave	Webster	14580	Monroe County	Webster Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 265-6500	889	98	9	27.4%	714 (80.3%)	37 (4.2%)	69 (7.8%)	26 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.8%)	$13,547			$1,715			$11,833	72.9	66.2	449	117
362997004035	333	Warwick Valley Middle School	Public	5-8	225 West St	Warwick	10990	Orange County	Warwick Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 987-3000	1,071	92	11.6		759 (70.9%)	51 (4.8%)	187 (17.5%)	21 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	48 (4.5%)	$16,577			$1,751			$14,826	72.8	72.7	347	14
360650000433	334	Orville A Todd Middle School	Public	6-8	11 Croft Rd	Poughkeepsie	12603	Dutchess County	Spackenkill Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 463-7830	389	42	9.3	25.2%	203 (52.2%)	52 (13.4%)	66 (17.0%)	47 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.4%)	$23,042			$546			$22,496	72.7	80	246	88
360010105544	335	Ps/Is 208	Public	K-8	74-30 Commonwlth Blvd	Bellerose	11426	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	No	(718) 468-6420	597	53	11.2	57.3%	13 (2.2%)	361 (60.5%)	77 (12.9%)	73 (12.2%)	52 (8.7%)	7 (1.2%)	14 (2.3%)	$19,042			$859			$18,183	72.7	61.4	517	182
362706005746	336	Nesaquake Middle School	Public	6-8	479 Edgewood Ave	Saint James	11780	Suffolk County	Smithtown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 382-5105	454	49	9.1	11.0%	373 (82.2%)	4 (0.9%)	40 (8.8%)	23 (5.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.4%)	$26,839			$652			$26,187	72.7	77.1	294	42
360015202792	337	Is 281 Joseph B Cavallaro	Public, Magnet	6-8	8787 24th Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 996-6706	1,232	94	13.1	86.6%	303 (24.6%)	76 (6.2%)	328 (26.6%)	500 (40.6%)	8 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.2%)	$17,331			$1,300			$16,031	72.7	71.3	367	30
360015302697	338	Ps 207 Elizabeth G Leary	Public	PK, KG-8	4011 Fillmore Ave	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 645-8667	885	63	14	54.1%	244 (27.6%)	249 (28.1%)	134 (15.1%)	212 (24.0%)	9 (1.0%)	5 (0.6%)	32 (3.6%)	$17,272			$1,042			$16,231	72.6	80.5	237	101
361017000791	339	Eden Middle & High School	Public	6-12	3150 Schoolview Rd	Eden	14057	Erie County	Eden Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 992-3600	677	64	10.5	26.3%	639 (94.4%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	17 (2.5%)	$15,437			$921			$14,517	72.3	75	317	22
360008801989	340	Is 181 Pablo Casals	Public	6-8	800 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5600	555	53	10.4	79.5%	17 (3.1%)	294 (53.0%)	172 (31.0%)	51 (9.2%)	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	8 (1.4%)	$23,480			$2,262			$21,218	72.3	53.5	648	308

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math, NY State Assessments Science test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.